#161E72#161E72

#161E72 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.142 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E72
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 114)
HSL	hsl(235, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(235, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 73.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.05, 28.97, -48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.05, 56.84, 300.64°)
OKLab	oklab(29.69% 0.0005 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(29.69% 0.142 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.8314, 2.3136, 16.1610)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E72 #726A16

analogous

#164C72 #161E72 #3C1672

triadic

#161E72 #72161E #1E7216

tetradic

#161E72 #72164C #726A16 #16723C

square

#161E72 #72164C #726A16 #16723C

split-complementary

#161E72 #723C16 #4C7216

monochromatic

#05071A #0C113F #161E72 #202BA5 #2C3BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#161E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#161E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E72

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E72	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.142 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655a9b',
    500: '#161e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e72;
$custom-light: #655a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29686,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E72

secondary

#A89E3C

accent

#DB3DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#07040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E72

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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